Unbundling R&D and Manufacturing
Postindustrial Myth or Economic Reality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4073786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mikko Ketokivi (0000-0003-4510-4949, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy), Jyrki Ali‐yrkkö (Research Institute of the Finnish Economy) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 35-54 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Policy Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2008.00368.x |
| OpenAlex | W2075148894 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 39 |
Understanding determinants of business location decisions is important from the point of view of economic policy. While the determinants of manufacturing and R&D location have been extensively covered in the literature, in this article we examine a largely neglected question: Under what conditions do manufacturing and R&D have to be physically colocated, that is, when is unbundling the two impossible? In a sample of 241 Finnish industrial firms, we find that unbundling R&D and manufacturing is possible for some companies but indeed a postindustrial myth of sorts for many others. The need for colocation correlates with knowledge intensity of activities: product complexity, process complexity, and industry rate of change, but interestingly enough, not with the size of the firm's R&D budget
Business · Economics · Economy · Industrial organization · Manufacturing · Mythology · Post-industrial society · Product (mathematics · Unbundling · Firm Innovation and Growth · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Marketing
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| Citations per year | 0.71 |
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2021 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |